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From personal experience I've been off TikTok and short videos in general for about 3 or 4 months now. I've decided to quit watching short form content because of many reasons, including the fact that:
- I've found many toxic people and communities on TikTok more than I've found it on other platforms such as YouTube (not that YT is completely clean from toxic people). People say everything is cringe/corny nowadays, they always want to be the "fun police".
- Slightly related to the reason above is the horrendous lack of moderation on both Instagram and TikTok (though Instagram seems to be more moderated recently). I've seen users posting content and comments related to really nasty stuff, such as Nazism or transphobia on both platforms.
I think, primarily YouTube Shorts and TikTok ruined the attention span of many people, including me. Some people can barely watch a movie. It's even affected many kids around the world, mostly due to their parents...not being parents, instead slapping a big iPad in their kid's face (please, let your children be bored, think and have a whimsical imagination) and letting them have unsupervised access to the spoopy, scary Wired.
"What can I do?"
Well, you can at least try to uninstall or delete your TikTok account. If you are on a computer, I recommend downloading the Unhook extension for YouTube. You can disable Shorts through it. If you use a phone, you can download YouTube ReVanced or YouTube frontends like NewPipe. It's not gonna change the world, but it can probably be beneficial for you. Give it a try ^^
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retardmaster5000
personally i quit cuz it just got real boring